accept
Example Sentences
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This is what union executive director Bruce Meyer said on a call with reporters Monday: “We do not accept the premise that there is some existential crisis going on.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
“I’ve always been terrible at negotiating. I freeze, accept the first number, and regret it for months,” one Reddit user wrote.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
"Yes, that should already exist. It should, and I accept that," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
He and Mr. Petro were so stunned by the results that they refused to accept them immediately and said they would wait for them to be scrutinized by the electoral authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
“When you talk to your dad, do you feel that you can trust him to listen to you and accept you, and that there’s a shared feeling of give and take?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing accept
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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